Biological Safety

Biological Safety

UNH acknowledges its responsibility to provide a program for the safe handling, storage and disposal of biohazardous materials; to provide emergency response to incidents involving biohazardous materials; and to educate the UNH community about the safe use of these materials in research, teaching, and public service activities.

Biological safety and biosecurity are integral to the use of biological matierlas at the University of New Hampshire. Safety and Security are achieved through the use of various containment principles, including controls, work practices and equipment which aim to protect the worker, community and environment from biological hazards. The Biological Safety and Biosecutiry Manual serves as a resource document for working safely in Biosafety Level 1 (BSL-1) and Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2) containment, as well as the security of all biological materials on campus.

All work with human blood; body fluids; unfixed human cells, tissues, or organs; and any lab based research activities involving HIV or HBV must be done in accordance with the UNH Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Control Plan.